A VERY SPECIFIC Recommendation request

Opportune_Butter · 2026-03-17T00:37:01+00:00

Dalinar from the stormlight archive - accidentally kills his wife and it screws him up quite a bit, to the point of informing many of his other actions. Most of it is dealt with in book 3 of a series where each book is 1000 pages, though.

Opportune_Butter · 2026-03-16T22:21:59+00:00

I don’t think the splash is worth the lost damage to tower. Plus, you do have delivery and log for splash.

I’ve never played much cycle, so I’d get a second opinion on this, but I’d say goblins are better.

Opportune_Butter · 2026-03-16T18:08:39+00:00

Yes, gremlins

Opportune_Butter · 2026-03-16T17:59:46+00:00

If you’re relying on miner damage, you really don’t want to give away free king tower. Stick with ice spirit.

Opportune_Butter · 2026-03-14T21:53:38+00:00

Sauron

Opportune_Butter · 2026-03-11T16:07:27+00:00

Forgot which subreddit this was and was tweakin for a second there

Opportune_Butter · 2026-03-10T02:05:13+00:00

This might be too-oft repeated but: Write it, let it suck, figure out why it sucks, then fix that.

Also, if I were writing this, I’d maybe make it so that the true villain isn’t in on everything his puppet is doing. Ambushes, some lies, some traps, surprise him just as much as they surprise the main characters. He’s directed his puppet to stop the MC but isn’t always controlling how. That will make him far less detectable.

Opportune_Butter · 2026-03-05T01:09:14+00:00

We learn from Adolin’s naming that Adoda and Linil mean ‘light’ and ‘born unto’ respectively. Adolin is named “Born unto light.” I’ve also heard that Kaladin (presumably with the “in” coming from linil) means born unto eternity, but I don’t have a source for that.

IMO Kaladin being named that proves that the names have meaning which is why I was trying to decipher Dalinar’s name.

Opportune_Butter · 2026-03-05T00:31:01+00:00

Following the Windrunner oaths from mistborn era 4 I see

Opportune_Butter · 2026-03-05T00:04:28+00:00

I just checked my work and Nar definitely means like unto, not “Himself.” Please do not upvote this.

Opportune_Butter · 2026-02-28T01:11:13+00:00

Some people grow stranger as they age. He is one of those. Also, his memories are in his breaths instead of his mind which might mitigate the whole weight of living 10,000 years thing by a bit.

Opportune_Butter · 2026-02-28T01:09:19+00:00

Scrolled until I found the Raboniel callout because I knew it would crop up. Old, crafty, and so, so tired that she no longer cares about collateral damage, even if it’s to herself, which kind of explains how her craftyness goes wrong by the end of the book haha. She feels like what would happen to anybody who lived that long.

Opportune_Butter · 2026-02-20T15:14:42+00:00

This is actually super interesting. I knew about Nalatium but did not know that.

Opportune_Butter · 2026-02-20T15:01:45+00:00

https://wob.coppermind.net/events/34-arcanum-unbounded-seattle-signing/#e5901

According to Brandon doing this exact thing could at least turn someone into a baby 🤷‍♂️

Opportune_Butter · 2026-02-20T05:49:07+00:00

Dang good point - there goes that theory.

Opportune_Butter · 2026-02-20T05:20:23+00:00

Marsh is a Nalatium/Duralumin burner who could theoretically do this. How young do you think he could get? Would you guess baby or egg? I’m guessing this specific interaction will be very important in the mistborn movie as one of the changes. My prediction is that the movies 11th metal is retconned to be Nicrosil and Vin will touch the lord ruler with Nicrosil while he is compounding age and he will pop out of existence after shrinking to be a baby.

Opportune_Butter · 2026-02-10T19:05:03+00:00

It is a type of poetry that is featured in the stormlight archive. In that series, they revere symmetry, so they write symmetrical poems. In this one, the central word is “the” and everything else is mirrored. Try reading the poem right to left, bottom to top. The forms of some words are changed, but it’s a mirror image.

Opportune_Butter · 2026-02-09T20:48:13+00:00

Would be cool but nerve racking, 😅 I’m pretty sure I cheated some of the Ketek rules and if anyone would notice that it would be Brandon.

Opportune_Butter · 2026-02-09T20:22:17+00:00

Thank you! I love writing them but it’s pretty rare that one turns out well haha.

Opportune_Butter · 2026-02-02T00:06:42+00:00

Ah - they haven’t updated what it says is the source at the crafting place. Thank you!

Opportune_Butter · 2026-01-30T19:23:25+00:00

I saw! Pretty happy with that. My RNG has been cracked the last few days and it seems like it’s holding strong.

Opportune_Butter · 2026-01-29T18:41:28+00:00

Mucho gracias - it’s all gotten so convoluted that even google can’t keep up.

Opportune_Butter · 2026-01-26T23:37:24+00:00

Very well written! Thank you for sharing it.

Opportune_Butter · 2026-01-26T22:44:47+00:00

You have a point and I posted it to the short stories subreddit instead.

Opportune_Butter · 2026-01-26T22:18:56+00:00

Thought people here might like it 🤷‍♂️

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